American Heather O’Reilly is retiring from the U.S. national team, ending one of the most successful international soccer careers, longtime U.S. teammate Carli Lloyd confirmed Wednesday.
“I didn’t know it was public, but I did know,” Lloyd said.
O’Reilly is one of four players to win three Olympic soccer gold medals, the others being teammates Christie Rampone, Heather Mitts and Shannon Boxx.
O’Reilly was the youngest member of the 2004 Athens Olympic team at age 19, after her freshman year at the University of North Carolina, and returned in 2008 and 2012.